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Arsenic-treated wood linked to increased cancer risk, CPSC says.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAY-03 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Arsenic-treated wood linked to increased cancer risk, CPSC says.(Consumer Product Safety Commission)

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Playground equipment made from wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) puts children at increased risk of developing lung or bladder cancer, according to a recent study by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The report marks the first time a government agency has acknowledged the dangers of arsenic-treated wood. (The study is available at www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia03/ brief/cca0.pdf.)

"This shows that independent groups are recognizing the inherent dangers of this wood, and shows why it is unfit for the purposes for which the manufacturers have been selling it," said Eulis Simien of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who represents plaintiffs in treated-wood litigation. (As Arsenic Leaches, Pressure Builds on Treated-Wood Industry, TRIAL, Nov. 2002, at 12.)

In May 2001, the Environmental Working Group...

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